Suicide is a major cause of death in young Travellers.

• 4 out of 6 Travellers who died by suicide were under 30 years of age.
• 7 out of 10 Traveller suicides were first attempts.
• There is no one thing that causes suicide, it can be many things.
• Anyone can become suicidal.

– Mary Rose Walker, Suicide Among the Irish Traveller Community, 2000-2006